Predictors of outcome of forefoot surgery for ulceration and gangrene

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 388-390

  Yeager, Richard A ^a   Moneta, Gregory L ^b   Edwards, James M ^b   Williamson, W Kent ^b   McConnell, Donald B ^b   Taylor Jr , Lloyd M ^b   Porter, John M ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; FOOT ULCER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT ULCER; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031924944     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00045-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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